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Wed, Jul 02, 2014

*Taiwan’s neglected languages, feeling the love*

*Starting with Hoklo, an American expatriate plans to bring Taiwan’s
lesser-known languages to the world*

By Enru Lin  /  Staff reporter

Out of his Taipei office, American expatriate Mike Campbell creates
downloadable self-study language kits for a global market.

The product, Glossika, is a bit like Rosetta Stone, offering spaced
repetition exercises in English, Mandarin, Spanish and other common
languages of the world. Unlike Rosetta Stone, Glossika has also begun
developing courses for Taiwan’s ethnic and minority languages.

He is planning a kit for Hakka in cooperation with the Hakka Affairs
Council (客家委員會), as well as for endangered languages like Amis, Atayal,
Puyuma, Rukai, Sediq, Tao, Thao and Truku.

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http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2014/07/02/2003594144
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